diff --git a/components/stopwatch.rst b/components/stopwatch.rst
index 2598bdb3cd0..324539f3cf6 100644
--- a/components/stopwatch.rst
+++ b/components/stopwatch.rst
@@ -31,6 +31,16 @@ microtime by yourself. Instead, use the simple
     // ... some code goes here
     $event = $stopwatch->stop('eventName');
 
+.. versionadded:: 2.5
+    The ``getEvent()`` method was introduced in Symfony 2.5
+
+The :class:`Symfony\\Component\\Stopwatch\StopwatchEvent` object can be retrieved from the 
+:method:`Symfony\\Component\\Stopwatch\\Stopwatch::start`, 
+:method:`Symfony\\Component\\Stopwatch\\Stopwatch::stop`, 
+:method:`Symfony\\Component\\Stopwatch\\Stopwatch::lap` and 
+:method:`Symfony\\Component\\Stopwatch\\Stopwatch::getEvent` methods. 
+The latter should be used when you need to retrieve the duration of an event while it is still running.
+
 You can also provide a category name to an event::
 
     $stopwatch->start('eventName', 'categoryName');